AUR: recent past and near future

Ian Dobson, Editor, AUR

You no doubt enjoyed Australian Universities’ Review vol. 62, no. 2, comprising seven scholarly papers and five opinion pieces.

AUR sets itself apart from most scholarly refereed journals because of our policy of publishing opinion. We’re into book reviews too! It has been out for a few weeks now, and as always is available for free online at aur.org.au.

The planned issues for 2021 are both guest-edited ‘specials’. The February 2021 issue, vol. 63, no. 2, is on ‘Academic freedom’s precarious future: Why it matters and what’s at stake’. It is edited by Professor Kristen Lyons of the University of Queensland. This issue is approaching completion.

Following that, in September 2021, vol. 63, no. 2 is being guest edited by Nic Kimberley and James Roffee of the University of South Australia and Swinburne University of Technology, respectively. The theme for this issue is ‘Coronavirus and the crisis of higher education: Post pandemic universities’. Proposals are coming in, but there might still be time! ◆